Lindsay Arell (she/her)
Chief Sustainability Officer, ASM Global

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Lindsay has been pioneering sustainability efforts for the live event industry for two decades for professional sports teams, venues, and events of all kinds. As CSO of ASM Global, Lindsay led the development of the ASM Global Acts Sustainability Plan, an ambitious, portfolio-wide framework for reaching sustainability goals for the world’s largest venue manager. In addition, she founded consulting firm, Honeycomb Strategies in 2009. In this role, she has had the opportunity to work on many projects including, leading the ISO 20121 Certifications for Lincoln Financial Field and SoFi stadiums, the first venues of their kind to be certified. She founded the Sustainable Sport Index, the sport industry’s first global benchmarking project on the impacts of teams, leagues and venues. As past Chair of both the Event Industry Council Sustainability Committee and ASTM Venue Sustainability Standard, Lindsay is known throughout the industry as a leader in her field.

Lindsay is based in Crested Butte, Colorado. B.A. Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder